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Two’s a company, three’s a crowd

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After the arrival of the first two Lufthansa Boeing 747s at Twente Airport (see https://niekvanderzande.nl/wordpress/two-cranes-park-in-twente/ ), a third one arrived for storage at Twente Airport on the 29th of June.

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D-ABTK approaches the airfield

Because of ongoing cost reductions, Lufthansa has decided to put 6 Boeing 747-430s in long term storage at Twente Airport. In order to facililtate this, several dedicated aircraft parking platforms have been created next to the main platform.

D-ABTK on base leg for runway 23

The third Lufthansa 747 to arrive was D-ABTK, which is 18.5 years old. It was initially withdrawn from use at Frankfurt in March 2020. After some rescheduling, it was then ferried to Twente on the 29th of June.

D-ABTKs ferry flight from FRA to ENS (source: www.flightaware.com )

Upon arrival, D-ABTK was initially parked at the former Runway 11 platform. Later that week she was moved to the newly created parkingspots.

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D-ABTK shortly before touchdown